Michael Covarrubias, Author at Utility Analytics Institute

Semantic Modeling for your Data Architecture to Reduce Cost of Analytics

What we see with our clients are that they want to gain more business value from their data. However, the initial direction they take make differ. Some clients focus on technologies while others focus on building their data…

Michael CovarrubiasSeptember 19, 2022

Asset & Workforce Strategy Technology

Geospatial Identification of Disadvantaged Communities – A Decision Support Strategy

One of the most common questions utility clients ask is, “How can we identify our disadvantaged customers and tailor our services to meet their unique needs?” As state legislatures, regulators and investors call on utilities to improve energy…

Dr. Shawn BodmannSeptember 19, 2022

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Nine Finalists Selected for the Annual UAI Excellence Awards

UAI Awards Honor Individuals, Teams, and Organizations Leading the Way in Utility Analytics! The Utility Analytics Institute (UAI), the only organization dedicated to enabling utility transformation through analytics, announces finalists for its 2022 UAI Excellence Awards. UAI…

Leslie CookSeptember 15, 2022

Asset & Workforce Technology

Change Management: Preparing Your Teams for the Grid of the Future

Change has become the new normal in the utilities industry. The following trends are rampant. Rapid growth in renewable energy sources. An uptick in climate-related emergencies. Escalating customer expectations. Expansion of distributed energy resources (DERs) and microgrids. An…

Peggy Agress and Beau PlatteAugust 30, 2022

Grid Technology

Turning Behind-the-Meter DERs into Grid Assets: Opportunities, Challenges and Principles for Success

Due to advances in technology, the Distributed Energy Resource (DER) landscape is rapidly evolving in terms of price, performance and resulting adoption. Adoption is growing exponentially, and utilities are already rethinking the ways they procure power and operate…

Mike TingAugust 30, 2022

Asset & Workforce Grid Technology

Is Your Data Use Reflecting Your Organizational Truth?

Four steps to enterprise data management for climate-challenged utilities From megadroughts to rapidly intensifying hurricanes, tornado outbreaks and record-breaking temperatures, our public infrastructure is being stressed to the extremes of its original designs. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

Jonathan D. Glassman & Therice MorrisAugust 8, 2022

Grid Technology

Beyond Run to Fail: Redefining Low-Voltage Grid Management

By combining a distributed intelligence (DI) platform with real-time vision technology, the possibilities of using low-voltage grid management are being redefined. In today’s dynamic energy industry, the low-voltage grid plays an increasingly critical role—especially as electric vehicles (EVs)…

Stefan ZschiegnerMarch 28, 2022

Customer Technology

Using data science to break down program silos and better serve your customers

What if you could double the performance of your utility’s program portfolio without increasing marketing spend? The development of new technologies and new ways of applying data science can make this a reality for utilities and help enable…

Tom Martin - Managing Director of Product, E Source Data ScienceNovember 30, 2020

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UAI Honors Utility Analytics Teams, Leaders, and Professionals with 2020 Excellence Awards

Excellence Awards Celebrated this Week at UA Week UAI, the only organization dedicated to enabling utility transformation through analytics, in collaboration with the founding award partner, Bidgely, announced the winners of the first annual UAI Excellence Awards…

Leslie Cook, Membership & Engagement Manager, UAINovember 29, 2020

Customer Sponsored Technology

The Year of Utility Transformation: Becoming Energy Resilient, Dynamic Energy Providers Through AI

Throughout a year of unprecedented change in 2020, utilities have been committed to developing energy resilience through innovation. While resilience is often thought of only in a grid capacity, this year has seen a fundamental shift in which…

Abhay Gupta - CEO, BidgelyNovember 9, 2020

Utility leader Southern Company uses SAS to better manage COVID-driven fluctuations and keep operations steady

Southern Company is recognized as a bellwether utility in the United States and around the world. This leadership position is owed not just to its size – it’s operating companies serve over nine million electric and gas customers,…

Mike F. Smith & Laura Brumley, SASNovember 3, 2020

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Eleven Finalists Selected for the First Annual UAI Excellence Awards

UAI Awards Honor Individuals, Teams, and Organizations Leading the Way in Utility Analytics! UAI, the only organization dedicated to enabling utility transformation through analytics, in collaboration with the Founding Award Sponsor, Bidgely, announced finalists for its 2020 UAI Excellence Awards. UAI honors…

Leslie Cook (UAI's Membership & Engagement Manager)October 27, 2020

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